▪ I. † pneuˈmology1 Obs. rare—1.
[f. pneumo- a + -logy.]
A discourse concerning spirits; = pneumatology 1 a.
| 1613 W. B. (tr. Michaelis) (title) The Admirable Historie of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent woman, Sedvced by a Magician that made her to Become a Witch,..wherevnto is annexed a Pnevmology, or Discourse of Spirits. 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Pneumology (Gr.), a speaking or treating of spirits or winds. |
▪ II. pneuˈmology2 rare.
[f. pneumo- b + -logy.]
A treatise on, or the scientific description or knowledge of, the lungs.
| 1842 in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1895 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
Hence pneumoˈlogical a. (Cent. Dict. 1890.)